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5244	Reg build broken on powerpc-linux	kgardas		"Hello,

while attempting registerised build on powerpc-linux platform of GHC HEAD as of June 1st 2011, the last commit is:

commit 02c4f41730b234728a408bbf29607d0345d2b481
Author: Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li>
Date:   Wed Jun 1 01:07:01 2011 +0100

    Fix a warning in DEBUG code



it fails with:

""inplace/bin/ghc-stage1""   -H32m -O    -package-name ghc-prim-0.2.0.0 -hide-all-packages -i -ilibraries/ghc-prim/. -ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/.    -optP-include -optPlibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package rts-1.0 -split-objs -package-name ghc-prim -XHaskell98 -XCPP -XMagicHash -XForeignFunctionInterface -XUnliftedFFITypes -XUnboxedTuples -XEmptyDataDecls -XNoImplicitPrelude -O2 -no-user-package-conf -rtsopts     -odir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -hidir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -stubdir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -hisuf hi -osuf  o -hcsuf hc -c libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/PrimopWrappers.hs -o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/PrimopWrappers.o
ghc-stage1: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
  (GHC version 7.1.20110601 for powerpc-unknown-linux):
	compiler/nativeGen/PPC/CodeGen.hs:(1050,52)-(1060,43): Non-exhaustive patterns in case


Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug

make[1]: *** [libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/PrimopWrappers.o] Error 1
"	bug	closed	normal		Compiler	7.1	wontfix		pho@…	Linux	powerpc	Building GHC failed					
